
Published on 16th September 2009
The final matches in Groups C and D featured excitement aplenty, including a stunning win for Guatemala over Croatia which extends their stay at Colombia 2011.
Alvaro Vazquez scored a hat-trick as the Iberians inflicted a 5-1 defeat of Australia, which sent them through with a perfect record and ended their opponents' run in the tournament.
The highly-rated No10 scored twice as Costa Rica beat Australia 3-2 to leave themselves in a strong position to advance and their opponents with a mountain to climb.
Australia trailed for most of the game against Ecuador, but Tommy Oar's tremendous free-kick earned them a 1-1 draw in Manizales.
Having drawn openers they were expected to win, Brazil and Austria will both be hoping to take three points from their meeting.
Costa Rica and Spain, who each boast one of the tournament's biggest attractions, are set to square off in an appetising Group C opener.